Celebrity Interviews
Celebrity Interview: Shaun Wallace
Shaun is known for being one of the Chasers on ITV’s quiz show The Chase where he has the nicknames The Dark Destroyer, The Barrister and The Legal Eagle. He won the 2004 series of Mastermind and has been a Barrister since 1986, working on some relatively high profile cases. He is a senior criminal…
Celebrity Interview: Celia Sawyer
Celia is a self-made multi-millionaire businesswoman. She is the founder of exclusive Knightsbridge interior design company Celia Sawyer Luxury Interiors, which boasts a portfolio across the globe. As a dealer both on and off the big screen, Celia collects art and collectables and has an extensive client base for which she sources rare and beautiful…
Celebrity Interview: Bob Champion MBE
Bob is an English former jump jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph was made into a film called Champions, with John Hurt portraying him. The film is based on Bob’s book Champions Story, which he wrote with close friend, racing journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Powell. In 2002 he was chosen…
Celebrity Interview: Bec Astley Clarke MBE
Bec is the founder of Astley Clarke, one of the UK’s leading fashion fine jewellery brands. It has successful concessions in iconic department stores Harrods, Liberty and Selfridges and a number of global wholesale partners including Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, Nieman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Bec was made a Member of the Order…
Celebrity Interview: Helen Lederer
Helen is probably best known for her role as the dippy Catriona in Absolutely Fabulous where she appeared alongside Jennifer Saunders. She has appeared in a host of top TV comedy and radio shows and has a wealth of theatre credits under her belt. Recognised as one of Britain’s best-known comedy character actresses, Helen still…
Celebrity Interview: Cheryl Baker
Cheryl is best known for being a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. Bucks Fizz went on to gain world-wide recognition with a string of more than 20 hits including three number ones: The Land Of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies and of course, the winning…
Celebrity Interview: Essi Avellan MW
Essi Avellan is Finland’s first Master of Wine and is recognised as an international wine author, Champagne specialist and a reputed wine judge. For her MW studies she wrote her dissertation on single-vineyard Champagnes and won both the Lily Bollinger Medal for best taster and the Tim Derouet Memorial Award for best overall student. She…
Celebrity Interview: Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr is a French-English two-star Michelin chef at the London restaurant Le Gavroche, a classical French restaurant in Mayfair, London. He also owns two other restaurants in London, Roux at Parliament and Roux at The Landau at The Langham Hotel. Michel has made many TV appearances, judging and presenting including MasterChef, Great British…
Celebrity Interview: Gerard Basset OBE
One of the greatest wine professionals of his generation, Gerard Basset is the Sommelier‘s Sommelier; he is a former World Champion Sommelier and the only person ever to simultaneously hold the Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and MBA Wine honours. Born and raised in France, Gerard originally trained as a chef, but embarked on a…